Health & Safety Officer (Maternity Cover)

Departments: Governance, Audit & Risk Home Palace: Hampton Court Palace Status: Temporary/Seasonal. 9 month temporary contract with the possibility for extension. Salary: £34,030 per annum pro rata Salary Rate: Per Annum Days/Hours of work: Full time, 36 hours per week. Monday - Friday.   About the role and about you   Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is the independent charity that cares for six of the most iconic palaces in the world: the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace, and Hillsborough Castle. We preserve these historic sites and share their stories with millions of people, inspiring audiences through creativity, innovation, and world‑class experiences.   We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share. To find out more, please visit our strategy page found here Our strategy | Historic Royal Palaces   Our fabulous palaces, parks and gardens are enjoyed by millions of visitors every year. We stage spectacular events, blockbuster exhibitions and engage in complex construction and conservation projects. We strive to do these things safely, all the while preserving the essential character and appearance of our historic sites and the environment in which they exist.   Our Safety Team provides professional, qualified advice to colleagues on all aspects of fire prevention, health and safety, environmental compliance and the formulation of incident management plans. We pride ourselves on finding pragmatic and realistic solutions to enable our charity to succeed, particularly when it comes to staging large, spectacular events.   A brilliant opportunity has arisen to come and work with us at the palaces. We require candidates to hold or expecting to be awarded the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent), or to demonstrate suitable experience with implementing safety procedures, delivering first aid, implementing emergency procedures, conducting investigations and report writing. Applications from internal candidates, and those familiar with working at HRP’s palaces are particularly welcome. The successful candidate will be proactive and be enthusiastic about protecting our palaces and the people within them. Candidates will require a good knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and have very good written and oral communication skills, with the confidence to make presentations to colleagues and represent HRP to external parties.   The role will have a strong focus on accident and incident recording, supporting our investigations, gathering information for insurance claims, audits, site inspections and triaging general safety enquiries through our shared safety inbox. Experience with visitor attractions and event management would be useful, because the role will also involve safety inspections.   This role is full time, Monday-Friday; based at Hampton Court Palace, with ad hoc travel to other HRP sites. The nature of the work involves some physical activity, including some working at height on scaffolds, and lifting/ demonstrating with training equipment. A high level of discretion and a strong appreciation of data protection are vitally important to this role. Candidates must be eligible for full CT level security clearance.   Closing date: 22nd February 2026, 23:55.   If you have recently applied for this role please do not reapply, we are considering all recent applications.   Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce. Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background.   We are also committed to high quality Safeguarding practices and to ensure everyone is kept safe in our palaces. We have procedures in place to ensure this commitment is delivered and will deal firmly and swiftly with anyone representing our charity who does not meet our required standards   REF-(Apply online only)